Run F-PROT for DOS from CD?

Yes!

Dropping to dos via the startup MS-Dos prompt,
or floppy dos sytem disk, with an autoexec.bat and config.sys on it,
along with all files listed in both files, on the floppy, so that the CDROM
can be accessed thru floppy dos mode.

If you get error notice, try ignoring, and keep going.

PLEASE NOTE: this may not be perfect, but it's a start.

=====================================================

AUTOEXE.BAT

@ECHO OFF
set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15
set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C
cls
call setramd.bat %LglDrv%
set temp=c:\
set tmp=c:\
path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;c:\;%CDROM%:\
set comspec=c:\command.com
LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%
LH C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV
a:
cd\
mouse.com
echo.
clean up environment variables
set CDROM=
set LglDrv=


=========================================================

CONFIG.SYS

files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=btdosm.sys
device=flashpt.sys
device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001
lastdrive=z















On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:25:33 +0100, "Martin C.E." <martin_2003.TakeThisOut@mail.com> wrote:

>Can I run F-PROT for DOS from a CD?
>
>ISTR that F-PROT for DOS filled 2 diskettes and probably now needs 3
>diskettes. So I would prefer to burn a CD and run it from there.
>
>Does anyone know if this works?
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:55:37 GMT, W.S. Blevins <wsblevins.RemoveThis@msn.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:25:33 +0100, "Martin C.E."
><martin_2003.RemoveThis@mail.com> posted the following useless information:
>
>>Does anyone know if this works?
>
>
>I can't think of any reason that it wouldn't. That is providing that
>you're using a CD-RW rather than a CD-R.

I do this all the time. No need to use a CD-RW, though, just burn
your F-Prot folder to a CD-R as a closed session. When you update the
definition files or the main program just burn another session.
(Leave the CD open but close each session.) I always create a date
folder on the CD and copy the F-Prot folder to that. A 700 MB disc
will hold quite a few sessions. I have several PCs that I have to
check occassionally and this method works on every one. Boot to pure
DOS to run it, though, not a DOS window.

billb
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Confusious asks....How is your CD accessed via a CDROM in pure dos?

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:53:00 GMT, WildBill.DeleteThis@hickok.invalid (BillB) wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:55:37 GMT, W.S. Blevins <wsblevins.DeleteThis@msn.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:25:33 +0100, "Martin C.E."
>><martin_2003.DeleteThis@mail.com> posted the following useless information:
>>
>>>Does anyone know if this works?
>>
>>
>>I can't think of any reason that it wouldn't. That is providing that
>>you're using a CD-RW rather than a CD-R.
>
>I do this all the time. No need to use a CD-RW, though, just burn
>your F-Prot folder to a CD-R as a closed session. When you update the
>definition files or the main program just burn another session.
>(Leave the CD open but close each session.) I always create a date
>folder on the CD and copy the F-Prot folder to that. A 700 MB disc
>will hold quite a few sessions. I have several PCs that I have to
>check occassionally and this method works on every one. Boot to pure
>DOS to run it, though, not a DOS window.
>
>billb
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Leon Manfredi wrote:

> Confusious asks....How is your CD accessed via a CDROM in pure dos?

Probably through an ATAPI cd rom driver (or SCSI) like mscdex.exe!?
What's the problem?
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:47:37 +0100, "Martin C.E."
<martin_2003 RemoveThis @mail.com> wrote:

>WildBill@hickok.invalid (BillB) wrote:
>
>>>>Does anyone know if this works?
>>>
>>>
>>>I can't think of any reason that it wouldn't. That is providing
>>>that you're using a CD-RW rather than a CD-R.
>>
>> I do this all the time. No need to use a CD-RW, though, just
>> burn your F-Prot folder to a CD-R as a closed session. When you
>> update the definition files or the main program just burn
>> another session. (Leave the CD open but close each session.) I
>> always create a date folder on the CD and copy the F-Prot folder
>> to that. A 700 MB disc will hold quite a few sessions. I have
>> several PCs that I have to check occassionally and this method
>> works on every one. Boot to pure DOS to run it, though, not a
>> DOS window.
>
>What version of DOS do you use (7 as supplied with Win98?.
>
>What do you put in the autoexec.bat and config.sys? Can you copy
>them here? Thanks!

We're talking 95/98/SE here, I hope. I usually just boot to DOS when
the operating system starts to load (by pressing F8 or holding the
Ctrl key down (although I've never found a machine that would show the
startup menu when holding the Ctrl key down)), or use the Emergency
Boot Disk. If you use the Emergency Boot Disk you'll have to have the
BIOS boot order set to check the 'A:' drive first. After the OS
loads, run F-Prot by either typing in the full path and filename or
changing to the drive\directory on the CD where the latest copy of
f-prot.exe is located.

billb
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"Martin C.E." <martin_2003.DeleteThis@mail.com> wrote in message news:93E69ED3B5660835A@130.133.1.4...
> Leon Manfredi <manfred.DeleteThis@toast.net> wrote:
>
> > Dropping to dos via the startup MS-Dos prompt,
> > or floppy dos sytem disk, with an autoexec.bat and config.sys on
> > it, along with all files listed in both files, on the floppy, so
> > that the CDROM can be accessed thru floppy dos mode.
> >
> > If you get error notice, try ignoring, and keep going.
> >
> > PLEASE NOTE: this may not be perfect, but it's a start.
> >
>
> I am not a DOS expert but I got the impression that some applications
> need HIMEM to run properly. For example I recently ran Win98's DOS
> Scandisk and it needed HIMEM.
>
> Can that be put into the code you have supplied?

It is already there in the config.sys file supplied

device=himem.sys /testmem:off

> > =====================================================
> >
> > AUTOEXE.BAT
> >
> > @ECHO OFF
> > set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R
> > 17 Q 16 P 15 set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J
> > 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C cls
> > call setramd.bat %LglDrv%
> > set temp=c:\
> > set tmp=c:\
> > path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;c:\;%CDROM%:\
> > set comspec=c:\command.com
> > LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%
> > LH C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV
> > a:
> > cd\
> > mouse.com
> > echo.
> > clean up environment variables
> > set CDROM=
> > set LglDrv=
> >
> >
> > =========================================================
> >
> > CONFIG.SYS
> >
> > files=10
> > buffers=10
> > dos=high,umb
> > stacks=9,256
> > devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
> > device=himem.sys /testmem:off
> > device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
> > device=btdosm.sys
> > device=flashpt.sys
> > device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
> > device=aspi2dos.sys
> > device=aspi8dos.sys
> > device=aspi4dos.sys
> > device=aspi8u2.sys
> > device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001
> > lastdrive=z
> >
> >
>
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BillB wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:47:37 +0100, "Martin C.E."
> <martin_2003.TakeThisOut@mail.com> wrote:
>
>>WildBill@hickok.invalid (BillB) wrote:
>>
>>>>>Does anyone know if this works?
>>>>
>>>>I can't think of any reason that it wouldn't. That is providing
>>>>that you're using a CD-RW rather than a CD-R.
>>>
>>>I do this all the time. No need to use a CD-RW, though, just
>>>burn your F-Prot folder to a CD-R as a closed session. When you

snip

>>What version of DOS do you use (7 as supplied with Win98?.
>>
>>What do you put in the autoexec.bat and config.sys? Can you copy
>>them here? Thanks!
>
> We're talking 95/98/SE here, I hope. I usually just boot to DOS when
> the operating system starts to load (by pressing F8 or holding the
> Ctrl key down (although I've never found a machine that would show the
> startup menu when holding the Ctrl key down)), or use the Emergency
> Boot Disk. If you use the Emergency Boot Disk you'll have to have the
> BIOS boot order set to check the 'A:' drive first. After the OS
> loads, run F-Prot by either typing in the full path and filename or
> changing to the drive\directory on the CD where the latest copy of
> f-prot.exe is located.

i use almost exactly the same method .. except that i boot off a known
clean floppy ...
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Line (6) in CONFIG.SYS....below

Not my code....Got to thinking, and wondered how the Win98 Startup
disk did it....and looked in their bat/sys files...You just gotta know how
to use the ole' nogging....Pretty good for an ole' Octogenarian...

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:36:47 +0100, "Martin C.E." <martin_2003 RemoveThis @mail.com> wrote:

>Leon Manfredi <manfred RemoveThis @toast.net> wrote:
>
>> Dropping to dos via the startup MS-Dos prompt,
>> or floppy dos sytem disk, with an autoexec.bat and config.sys on
>> it, along with all files listed in both files, on the floppy, so
>> that the CDROM can be accessed thru floppy dos mode.
>>
>> If you get error notice, try ignoring, and keep going.
>>
>> PLEASE NOTE: this may not be perfect, but it's a start.
>>
>
>I am not a DOS expert but I got the impression that some applications
>need HIMEM to run properly. For example I recently ran Win98's DOS
>Scandisk and it needed HIMEM.
>
>Can that be put into the code you have supplied?
>
>
>> =====================================================
>>
>> AUTOEXE.BAT
>>
>> @ECHO OFF
>> set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R
>> 17 Q 16 P 15 set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J
>> 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C cls
>> call setramd.bat %LglDrv%
>> set temp=c:\
>> set tmp=c:\
>> path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;c:\;%CDROM%:\
>> set comspec=c:\command.com
>> LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%
>> LH C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV
>> a:
>> cd\
>> mouse.com
>> echo.
>> clean up environment variables
>> set CDROM=
>> set LglDrv=
>>
>>
>> =========================================================
>>
>> CONFIG.SYS
>>
>> files=10
>> buffers=10
>> dos=high,umb
>> stacks=9,256
>> devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
>> device=himem.sys /testmem:off
>> device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
>> device=btdosm.sys
>> device=flashpt.sys
>> device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
>> device=aspi2dos.sys
>> device=aspi8dos.sys
>> device=aspi4dos.sys
>> device=aspi8u2.sys
>> device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001
>> lastdrive=z
>>
>>
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